LOCKPORT DAILY JOURNAL, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1898. m

PtERTO ItlCO ISLAND. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ITS HIS­

TORY AND INTERNAL RESOURCES.

I t I s Said Germany Once At t empted to Seize It—The Staple Commercial Prod­ucts Are Like Caba's— Faci l i t ies For In­terna l Navigation—Harbors Are Good.

The threat of the seizure of Puerto Rico by the United States is not the first fright which Spain has had in re­cent years as to the possible loss of the island. Nearly a quarter of a century ago, about the t ime of the retirement of Admiral Polo, the father of the late Spanish minister, from the Spanish le­gation in Washington, a report obtain­ed circulation in diplomatic circles that Germany was about to seize Puerto Ri­co under the guise of purchase, but actually in the rather domineering fash­ion in which she has been accustomed to treat wi th lesser powers since the war of 1870. I t was then assumed that Germany 's desire fcr the island was in pursuance of her scheme for naval ex­pansion, as wi th a larger navy she would be practically obliged to have a foothold somewhere on this hemisphere, if only for a coaling and supply station. Spain indicated then that she had no desire to give up Puerto Rico, even for a good purchase price, but her pride had been considerably piqued by the re­sult of the Virginius affair, and hex desire to make the United States gov­ernment smart promised to overcome some of her scruples against parting wi th her territory, for she trusted to our assertion cf the Llonrce doctrine as socn as Germany should at tempt to take possession of Puerto Rico and our em­broi lment wi th a great European mili­t a ry power in consequence.

The matter blew over a t the time, as many believed, as the result of an inti-s tat ion conveyed informally by our gov­ernment to that of Germany that we should regard the proposed purchase as an unfriendly intrusion. At any rate Secretary Fish was able to give the many stories in circulation their quie­tus in due season, and the Spanish gov­ernment did the same th ing on i ts own side of the water and concentrated i ts at tent ion once more upon the suppres­sion of the Carlist revol t

Although only about one-twelfth the size of Cuba, Puerto Rico has, compara­tively speaking, always been more pros­perous than her sister colony. Her sta­ple commercial products are the same, though Puerto Rico adds a fine quality of coffee to her other output. The com­merce of Puerto Rico has always borne a proportion to the total commerce of the Antil les quite out of relation to her size. Her remarkable prosperity has been due not only to her excellent cli­mate and soil, but to a great extent also t o her indisposition to political upheav­al . The revolutionists in Cuba have vainly struggled to raise a similar party of some strength in Puerto Rico. The reason for their indifferent success is par t ly historical, as may be seen by a glance backward.

Puerto Rico began to develop her nat­ura l resources only about 75 years ago. A t tha t t ime Spain was paying bu t lit­t l e at tention to her "West Indian colo­nies, except as "wa te r ing s ta t ions"— fresh water being then, in the days of sailing ships, much the same desider­a tum which coal is now. The Spanish government was occupied chiefly wi th the r ich mines of Mexico and Peru, and Puer to Rico served for a . long time merely as a place of .banishment for convicts. I t is thus only since the great commotion of 1820 that the Antilles be­gan to rise in importance. Being less outwardly valuable, and hence less mis­ruled because attracting less attention, they al l remained loyal to the mother country up to that t ime in spite, of at­tempts to induce' them to follow the col­onies on the mainland into rebellion.

By her geographical position. Puerto Rico is peculiarly adapted to become the center of a flourishing commerce. She lies close to Cuba, Hai t i and Ja­maica, as well as to the gulf of Mexico and ' the bay of Honduras. She is con­tiguous to the possessions of France and Denmark and in the r ight hands might easily undersell these nations in their o w n colonies.

Apar t from the na tura l weal th of her soil Puerto Rico has the advantage of being well supplied w i th wood and wa­ter, which are generally scarce in the islands.of the same archipelago. Many of these, being desti tute of springs, de­pend almost altogether on the water collected after the periodical rains, whi le for wood they h a r e to resort to d is tan t colonies. Among the agencies which have contributed * much to her growth in weal th are her abundant riv­ers. Seventeen streams, taking their rise in the mountains, cross the valleys of the north coast and empty into the sea. Some of these are navigable for smaller merchant vessels for a distance of two or three leagues, but have trou­blesome bars across their mouths. There are also a few lakes, and altogether not }ess than 46 water courses worthy of charting. The facilities for internal navigation, for driving machinery by water and steam power and for irriga­t ion are uncommon for an island of her size and situation. Moreover, there is almost a total absence of stagnant wa­ter, socn as does so much to vitiate the cl imate of tropical a n d semitropical countries generally.

The.harbors of Puerto Rico are abun­dant and good, except for a par t of the year. I n those on the north coast, with the exception of San Juan, the anchor­age is-dangerous in November, Decem­ber and January on account of the north winds. On the south side, on the other hand, the ports are not easily accessible from. June *to November on account of the southerly winds, which cause the sea to break w i t h vic-lence^at their en­trances. The pirates and snrqgglers who used to infest t h e island knejr-these pe-cnliafittefl of the various ports all too weB.—-New York Post

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LOVE'S TEST.

S o w Gerald Pankey Went to W a r and How He Came Back.

The youth roused himself. "Claribel," he said, " I did not know it

was so late. I t is time for me to leave you. I must snatch a few hours of sleep ore I take my departure to participate in the deadly conflict whose issue, while it can­not be a matter of uncertainty so far as the final triumph of American arms is concerned, is yet so fraught with peril to the individual, who becomes a mere unit in the conquering army and loses thereby his identity as it were"—

"Oh Gerald, I don't like to hear you talk that way! I cannot endure i t !"

" I find it something of an effort my­self," admitted the young militiaman, " I will harrow up your feelings no longer. Caribel, dearest, goodby!"

How slowly the days, with their weary burden of waiting and of suffering, drag­ged themselves into the past!

True to his promise, Gerald Pankey wrote to Claribel Nickelhurst daily—for three days.

Then a day passed without a letter. On the evening of the fifth day there

was a ring at the doorbell of the Nickel­hurst dwelling.

Filled with dread and anticipating a telegram conveying the news that some­thing terrible had happened to her absent lover, Claribel answered the bell herself.

"Gerald!" "Claribel!" When the violence of their emotions had

exhausted itself and they sat hand in hand in the dimly lighted parlor, she said:

" I t was too hard to stay away from me, was it, love? And you got a leave of ab­sence for a day so you could come and see me once more, did you?"

And she smoothed the hair away from his forehead and looked into his eyes with a yearning fondness that had something almost motherly in it.

" I t isn't that, dearest," he answered. "The surgeons rejected me . "

"Rejected you!" she exclaimed in a voice in which indignation, surprise and joy seemed to struggle for the mastery. "What for?"

"Because I smoke these things, dar­l ing," he replied.

Hereupon Gerald took from an inner pocket a small, oblong pasteboard box, ex­tracted something therefrom, lit it and proceeded to fill the room with that pec­cant, morbific and wholly indescribable odor that accompanies the burning of a coffin nail.—Chicago Tribune.

An Attentive Daughter. He (after marriage)—I don't see why

you arc not as considerate of my comfort as you used to be of your father's.

She—Why, my dear, I am. He—How do you make that out? When

I come into the house, I have to hunt around for my slippers and everything else I happen to want, but when I used to court you and your father would come in from down town you would rush around gathering up his things, wheel his easj chair up to the fire, warm his slippers and get him both a head rest and a foot rest, so that all he had to do was to drop right down and be comfortable.

She—Oh, that was only so he'd go to sleep sooner.—New York Weekly.

He-Didn't Know. The justice hadn't married many peo­

ple before; that was why ha felt colled upon to be somewhat solemn on this occa­sion.

"Do you realize the full extent of the obligations that you are assuming?" ho asked of the groom.

' ' S-s-sh!'' cautioned the bride. ' ; Course he don't, jedge, or he'd cut an run. But what 's that to you? "Bain't your business to scare him off, is it? Ain ' t you goin to give a poor woman no show at all?"— Chicaaro Po=*-

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Children Cry fo* pitcheri? Castorta*

O i l NEW YORK LETTER A STORY ABOUT MR. STRAUS, WHO

IS TO RETURN TO TURKEY.

How His Piece of "Martha Washington" Porcelain Tnrned Out a Delusion and a Snare—Transatlantic Travel and Sea­shore Resorts—Changing Sentteients .

NEW YORK, June 4.—[Special.]—The appointment of the Hon. Oscar S. Straus to the Turkish mission, brings to mind a little story, which, whtie considered a good \oke on him when first told, shows that he possesses the sort of feeling which prompts one to pay well for articles of patriotic in­terest.

One day late in 1S92 ho sent an agent to the auction sale at Philadelphia of the collection made by the late J . C. Maguire of Washington. Whether the agent bought freely or not is not cf record, but he did get one article of which Mr. Straus was exceedingly proud for nearly a month. This article was nothing less than a de­lightfully quaint piece of antique porcelain listed on the catalogue as ' ' Martha Wash­ington's fruit stand.' ' And indeed it was a dainty affair of itself, though Mr. Straus' great pride in its possession lay in its associations. Of course the agent didn't get it without a struggle, there being sev­eral bidders almost as determined as he. However, Mr. Straus considered that the price paid, $250, was more than reasonable, and he put in several days congratulating himself on the cheapness with which he had acquired so rare a relic. Moreover, he was confirmed in his impression by an offer of §300 from a friend to whom the dish was exhibited.

How He Was Undeceived. Naturally that piece cf porcelain soon

became one of the show articles in the Straus home, and nearly every person to whom it was exhibited congratulated the owner and praised Its beauty in unstinted terms. But one day it was shown to an expert, who looked at it a long time be­fore saying a word.

"Well?" interrogated Mr. Straus after several minutes of impressive silence.

"Well ," replied tho friend, who chanqed to be a business associate, ' ' I 'm sorry, but wo still have several dishes exactly like tha* down at the store, any one of which you v~juld have had for the asking. They were made just before the centennial ex-hibition.in 1876 and were sold at Phila­delphia in that year as souvenirs, though frankly termed replicas of the real thing, at $1.73 each. They went very well, too, though they were not all sold, and, as I have said, we still have several in stock.

"What makes me certain that this is one of our souvenirs is the fact that we could not imitate the fabric of tho original dish with absolute accuracy, and this one has the peculiarities of our dishes. To make it more interesting," concluded the speak-1 er, "dishes like this and, in fact, replicas' of Martha Washington's entire tea set, were made by your own order, a skillful worker in porcelain being sent to Wash­ington for the express purpose of copying the original set, which is kept at the capi­tal in the care of the government."

Mr. Straus remembered the circum­stances at once, but he could not believe he had been tricked until the expert who copied the original set had been sent for. He identified the dish promptly as his own handiwork, and Straus then acknowledged that the joke was on him.

Transatlantic Travel and the Shore. As the weeks pass without anything

serious being done by tho Spaniards on the sea transatlantic travel is beginning to. pick up amazingly. The revival is by no means of sufficient volume to make the total sailings equal those of previous years, of course, but still the number of Ameri­can visitors to European cities is now found to be two or three times as great this season as was looked for a few weeks ago. And some of the companies, notably those operating the new and phenomenally fast vessels, pre going to have a pretty good summer after all.

One of tho most famous of these ships has made hardly a single trip as yet with­out a full complement of passengers, and sailing days at the piers of the company fortunate enough to own her present all the bustle and hurry that were features in the flushest days of the past. That all the ships of the American line and several of the smaller ones of tho other lines have been temporarily withdrawn no doubt contributes a share to the good business on the big boats of course.

I t is worth mentioning also that a sim­ilar state of revival is beginning with re­gard to the seaside resorts. I t is true that they will not be so well patronized at the beginning of the season as usual, but I am informed by the proprietor of one large shore hotel that his present book­ings are so satisfactory that he has recon­sidered his determination to keep the house closed, and that he looks for decid­edly good business in the latter half of the season.

Changing Sentiments. Quite as significant as these changes

from fear to confidence are the changes of sentiment regarding the future of this country that are going on daily in this town.

Before the breaking out of the present war it is probable that at least hall of the voters in New York were dead set against the annexation of Hawaii. Now, while there is still a strong minority opposition to extending our possession* »y annexa­tion, there is probably a decided ma­jority in favor of tho proceeding. A corresponding change with regard to the size of our standing army in future is also taking place, and this is especially true in the ranks of "organ­ized labor." In the past it has been the cry in union circles that the only ex­cuse for an enlarged army was the capital­ist's desire to have an armed force always in hand to help put down strikes. There are many union men who still hold the same views, but they are less numerous than formerly, and the sentiment that Uncle Sam shmild never again be without enough trained soldier boys to man all our forts and do a bit of prompt invasion if the same bo necessary is constantly bo-coming stronger.

This is strengthened by the reflection that the national guard is always as rendy to help put down labor riots as the regular army pofisib'.y could be, yet when the guard is wanted to do real fighting for the country' &«>me retrfrmcr.ts nhow tlie white feather, ur at !ea»t something close­ly akin thcr^c, while very few o-i' the regi­ments whoee moml>ers arc perfectly will­ing to do active r.;r\ice are ell her propei4y drilled or equipped.

As for the navy—well, New York is rapidly coming to be almost a unit in agreement with Certain Mahan.

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Arrow on the String >ains which threaten 'neumonia. Bronchitis, rheumatism — and the )readed and Frightful trip—are relieved and

fcured by that best and lost agreeable remedy,

Benson's Plaster.

This widely-known plaster em­bodies the hijrheft practical ef­fects of the principle of counter-irritation ana medication through the skin. It subdues the in­flammation, stops the pain and arrests the Disease.

Price 25 cents. Refuse cheap and worthless imitations.

Seabory & Johnson, Mfg. Chemist8,N. Y.

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Sterlings, built like a watch. Spaldiogs at $50: Ariels, Fentons, Liberty, Ra-

cycle, Patee Crest, Crown.

We have reduced the prices and the Bicycles are the best made.

We can suit you and save you money.

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New York Harbor.

FIFTY-FOUE SICK ABOARD.

F o u r of the Heroes F rom the Nash­

ville and Marblehead.

They Are the Wounded of That Gallant Band of Volunteers Who Cut the Cable Off Cienfuegos Nearly a Month Ago. That Daring Deed Retold—The Wins-low Sent One Man North to Remind the People of the Terrible Engagement at Cardenas When Ensign Bagley Was Killed, the First Officer of the Ameri­can Navy to Fall In This War, With Four of His Men—A Victim of the Porto Rico Bombardment.

N E W YORK, June 6.—The ambu­lance ship Solace came into port yes­terday, having on board 54 wounded and sick, some of whom had been transferred from the American war­ships in Cuban waters and others tak­en from the hospitals a t Key West.

Her afterdeck had been tented off with canvas, and upon swinging ham­mocks lay half a dozen of the more se­riously ill of the patients; the conva­lescing room was the basking place of a score or more of the poor fellows who had not given up the fight without a struggle, while the privilege of the decks had been accorded all those who were able to move about or were anx­ious to watch the green hills as the good ship moved In shoreward. The Solace anchored off Tompkinsville, Staten Island.

The Solace left Key West on Wed­nesday afternoon last and made the run to New York without incident un­til Saturday night, when a sale tum­bled her about a bit and made things to some extent uncomfortable for the patients she carried. But the sea voy­age was a tonic to the men. Thev had left behind the sweltering heat of the tropics—had exchanged suffocating

and exhausting winds for refreshing breezes; many were nearing home; all a t least were to rest in the heart of the great country they had been fighting for.

The Solace—fitly named—with her white sides and the Red Cross flag fly­ing a t her masthead, brought in many a little band of heroes among t h e 54. They had gathered together In little group© on the voyage up many a time and told again the story_ of a brush with the Spaniards or a night on watch a t the blockade. And to those who know a brush with the Spaniards is hardly to be compared with the dan­gerous work of scouting in a gale a t night without lights, off the Cuban coast.

Four of the heroes from the Nash­ville and the Marblehead, were among the patients on the Solace, Robert Voltz of San Francisco and Henry Hendrickson; John Davis and H. W. Kuchmeister. all of New York. They are the wounded of tha t gallant band of volunteers who cut the cable a t Cienfuegos, nearly a month ago. It is a tale that has been told before, but tha t noble effort will live in his­tory side by side with the Merrimac's journey into the narrows a t Santiago

Commander McCalla of the Mar­blehead called for volunteers to man the boats. Every hand went up and the men begged for a call to the place of danger. Lieutenant Winslow, Lieu­tenant Anderson and Ensign Magrude were in charge as the seamen swept the boats with easy strokes in-shore. In the rifle pits 2,000 Spaniards had gathered. Shells from the w a r s h i p were directed along the coast line, and then every man a t his gun, the Marble­head, Nashville and Windom waited— watching for the storm tha t all knew was inevitable.

The small boats made straight in. A few hundred yards from shore and the men were at work. They dragged up the firet cable and hacked through the heavy s t rands; then they found the second. This was the Spaniard's sig­nal and they opened fine. For half an hour the gallant sailors worked amid a rain of bullets. Meanwhile the Ameri­can warships were hurling shot and shell into the enemy, who, neverthe­less, kept up a fierce fire. The men in the boats kept coolly a t their work. Never for a moment did they faltar. How any escaped none can tell. Lieu­tenant Winslow lost three fingers of his left hand by the explosion of a tfheil, but he is still a t Key West, ready now for duty again. John Reagan, on the Marblehead, was shot through the chest. As he fell Private Marine Kuchmeister, who was brought here by the Solace, stopped to assist him. At tha t instant a rifle ball s t ruck Kucthmeister in the jaw and passed out of his mouth. The marine hardly re­alized how badly he was injured, ban­daged up bis jaw with a handkerchief and tried to gitop the flaw of blood from Reagan's wound, but poor Reagan died a moment later.

Gunners Mate Davis of the Marble­head fell with a bullet in his thigh a moment after a 1-pounder from shore had sent a shot close enough to graze his arm.

Hendricksen and Voltz, the former from the Marblehead and the latter from the Nashville, are the others of tha t gallant expedition who will carry the marks of Heroism to their graves. When the revenue cutter Windom brought Hendrtcfcsen and Voltz,, af ter the engagement, the hospital surgeons said that hoth would die. Voltz had three bullet wounds. A 22-calibre bul­let had pasned through the skull at the base of the brain and out. Compared with this the other wounds were instg-nifto&nt. He was unconscious Jor sev­eral days at the barracks hospital a t Key West, but gradually they brought him around. Now Voltz looks weil. To

be sur* he Is still "thin" ana haggard and wears «he bandages, and says that his head troubles him somewhat; but Voltz is a hero like his three mates , and there are many heroes in the American navy.

Hendricksen was shot through the abdomen. The bullet passed complete­ly out, so great is the velocity of tJhese tiny steel missiles under the new meth ­ods of propulsion. Hendricksen when seen here, however, said he would be fighting the Spaniards again before the end of the month if there was a fight left in them.

The Wlnslow sent one man here to remind the people North of t ha t now famous torpedo boat and of the te r ­rible engagement a t Cardenas, when Ensign Bagley was killed—the first officer of the American navy to fall in this war—with four of his men. He is Robert L. Grubb—a landsman. I t was on tha t memorable occasion t h a t Lieutenant Bernadou, In command of the Winslow, under orders from Com­mander Todd of the gunboat Wilming­ton, a t tempted to force Cardenas h a r ­bor, for the purpose of drawing t h e fire of the masked batteries. The fire was a hundredfold more effective t h a n expected, and the first shell fired from shore exploded over the plucky little boat, Lieutenant Bernadou being t h e only man wounded. A piece of shell cut a nasty gash In his leg, but tying a bandage around It, he ordered his boat still further in. Then came t h e 14-pound shell tha t crashed th rough the boilers and disabled the Winslow and a few moments later Ensign Bag-ley and four of the men were stretched dead on the deck. Grubb was among these aboard a t the time and with t h e others was rescued by the Hudson. Lieutenant Bernadou spent some days a t the hospital a t Key West, but he is now again in command of the Wlns ­low, a tiny craft, daring and audacious even among those murderous li t t le boats. In place of poor Bagley, J. L . Lat t imer is the Winslow's ensign. Grubb is the second man to come to New York; O'Hearn, a fireman, having been sent on a furlough from the scene of action after the terrible ordeal through which he had passed with the others.

A victim of the Porto Rico bom­bardment was also brought here on the Solace—George Merkle—a slender pale-faced marine. He was on t h e Iowa at San Juan and he came out of the engagement lacking one arm.

t n a r i e s V. Gridiey Dead. WASHINGTON, June 6.—The navy

department has received a cablegram announcing the death at Kobe, Japan, Saturday, of Captain Charles V. Grid-ley of the cruiser Olympia, Admiral Dewey's flagship.

BASE BALL. The following is the result of the

Eas tern League base ball games: At Rochester— R. H. E.

Rochester.... 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 — 6 10 8 Wilkes-Barre.O 1 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 — 9 12 I

Batteries—Harper and Gunson; Duggleby and G-onding.

Umpire—O'Neill. At Bxiffalc— B. H. x ,

Buffalo 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 8—11 19 4 S y r a c u s e . . 3 0 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 2—10 17 1

Batteries—Mitchell and Digging; Malarkey and Burrill.

o u r sp ir i tua l uocKyaros.

One peculiarity about our spiri tual dockyards is found in the fact t ha t t hey are filled wi th ships, ready built , b u t not yet launched, so tha t they caii go. Brother Christian, the church is not a n end in itself any more than the dock­yard is a n e n d in itself. If you are a Christian, i t is for some purpose. You are to move, to go. Oil up the ways, knock out the props, launch oat from this hour to make your church a great­er instrument of righteousness ' than she has ever been before.—Rev. J . Shane Nicholls, Presbyterian, Pit tsburg.

Christian Coramonism.

When the singularity of Jesus has be­come the commonalty of a community or nation, tha t part icular group' w i l l have reached commpnism, in which a l l lives wi l l have the same value i n t h e divine price,current, a l l lives the same r ights and opportunities before a l l law. The sole difference between men should lie in mental and physical variation, and in the consequent a t ta inment of ends. But even then this variat ion should have a spirit of uniformity, i n that the stronger should have a constant obligation to bring the weaker u p t o his own strength. — Dr. Barton O. Axlesworth,. Denver..

Smuggler Arrested. N I A G A R A F A L L S , N . Y., J u n * 8.—

Herman Herwitz, one at the craftiest smuggler^ In the United States, was a r ­rested here jus t a s he was about to board a t ra in for New York city. In his possession quantities of phenace-tlne, trional and soloi was found, val ­ued a t $1,500. For over six months de­tectives have been on his track, bu t up to this time he has been successful ' ic evading fthera.

As Katie Understood I t . "You've talked enough now, Kat ie , "

said her mother. "Children should be seen and not heard."

"You heard what mamma said," pro­tested Katie an hour or two later, when the nurse was trying to persuade her i t was time to go to bed. "Children should be serene and not hurried."—Chicago Tribune.

Frogs. Crlmsonbeak—That's a funny th ing

about a frog. Yeast—What's that? " ""^•a* ' "Why, it never stops croaking until II

croaks."—Yonkers Statesman.

-**- Credit Gone. " I t takes money to win battles these

days." 4' Yes. I understand that even the enemy

can no longer be charged. "—Indianapolis Journal.

Health of the Times. " I asked the twins how they were, and

what do you think they said?" ' * I don' t know. What did fchey say?" "About the sama"—Philadelphia Bul-

A Question of Figures. Little Majorle and Malcolm were trying

one day to jump to a certain spot on the carpet when Malcolm's mother heard him say, " I can jump two-fourths."

His mother, thinking to bring in a little arithmetic, asked, "How many fourths in a whole, Malcolm?" And Malcolm re­plied, "As many as it would take to fill up the hole."—New York Truth.

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